I Can Imagine A Future In Which

Here's A Habit I Never Thought I'd Develop: I Gravitate To Anything Online That's Marked 'most Popular' Or 'most E-mailed.' And I Hate Myself A Little Bit Every Time I Do.

My Ace In The Hole As A Human Being Used To Be My Capacity For Remembering Birthdays. I Worked At It. Whenever I Made A New Friend, I Made A Point Of Finding Out His Or Her Birthday Early On, And I Would Record It In My Filofax Calendar.

It Is Hard To Imagine Thomas Kinkade As Anything Less Than Supremely Self-assured.

I Approach Stories As A Private Educational Enterprise: I Want To Learn About Something. I Teach Myself Through Research, Reporting, And Thinking, And Then, When I Feel Like I Know The Story, I Tell It To Readers.

Knowledge Is A Beautiful Thing, But There Are A Few Things I Wish I Didn't Know.